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cornhouse

/kawrn-hous/US // ˈkɔrnˌhaʊs //

玉米屋,玉米地,粟米屋,玉米田

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural corn·hous·es [kawrn-hou-ziz]. /ˈkɔrnˌhaʊ zɪz/. New England and South Atlantic States.

    • : a corncrib.

Examples

  • The lock he judged to be one of the ordinary cheap ones such as his father always used on his cornhouse and barn doors.

  • Start to set de cornhouse afire, but my Ma say: 'Please sir, don't burn de cornhouse.

  • He has to visit the widow Gubbins, who fell down the cornhouse steps the week before, and broke her leg.

  • Near by is a cornhouse and a small distillery, and the corrals for sheep shearing are not far off.

  • The place where they used to have the best fun seeing Mammy Tittleback catch mice was in the cornhouse.